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A European anabasis: western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945
Kenneth W. Estes
Year: 2008, c2001.
Publisher:  Columbia University Press. 
© Columbia University Press
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table of contents
Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Preface
1: Introduction
The Volunteer Phenomenon
Armed Forces Manpower and SS Recruiting
Ideology and Race: The Greater Germans
New Order Policies and the SS
The Russo-German War
2: Crusade and Propaganda
SS Prototype: The "Wiking" Division
The Legion Experiment
Army Legions
3: A Neutral Variation and Some Consequences
The Spanish Division
Propaganda Value and Military Utility
4: Transformation in 1943
Reforming the Military System
The Germanic Corps
The Assault Brigades (Sturmbrigaden)
[Intro]
The Flemish Brigade
The French Brigade
The Walloon Brigade
Political and Military Results
5: Despair and Fanaticism, 1944-45
The Last Legion
Final Levies
The Last Stand
The Crusade Ends
6: The Character of Military Collaboration
Motivations
Volunteer Ebb and Flow
Assessing the German Program
Assessing Military Value
Conclusions
Additional Resources
Audio
Video
Archival Video
Fernand Kaisergruber Video
Sidebar Essays
Persons
SS Units
Army Units
Other Units
Archive Documents
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Other
Maps
Notes
Preface
1: Introduction
2: Crusade and Propaganda
3: A Neutral Variation and Some Consequences
4: Transformation in 1943
5: Despair and Fanaticism, 1944-45
6: The Character of Military Collaboration
Selected Bibliography
Primary Sources
Archival Sources
Published Documents
Published Personal Accounts, Diaries, and Memoirs
Secondary Sources
Unpublished Material
Books
Articles
Interviews
About the Author
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Title: A European anabasis : western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / by Kenneth William Estes.
Author: Estes, Kenneth W
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Source Version: A European anabasis : western European volunteers in the German army and SS, 1940-1945 / by Kenneth William Estes. 
Estes, Kenneth W
New York: Columbia University Press, 2008, c2001.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.99002
Subject Headings: • Germany. -- Heer -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• Germany. -- Heer -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1939-1945
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel -- History
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- World War, 1939-1945
• Military service, Voluntary -- Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
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